A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 23, 2009 with Robert Weaver, the Sand Beach Director and Roads Manager for Harrison County, who describes the 2005 hurricane season's destruction across the American South.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on July 8 and 23, 1980 with the Reverend Clay F. Lee at his study in Jackson, Mississippi. Lee was born on March 3, 1930 in Laurel, Mississippi. After graduating with his undergraduate degree from Millsaps...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 14, 1994 with Mr. Andrew R. Carr. Carr was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He attended the Naval Academy during World War II, and then enlisted in the Navy. After twelve years in the Navy, Carr...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on April 18, 1996 with Zoya Zeman (born 1943). Ms. Zeman was a civil rights activist who worked on the Mississippi Summer Project in Clarksdale, where she worked at the community center, organizing classes and...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on 1995 November 21 with Dr. Peter Orris (born 1945). Dr. Orris participated in his first civil rights demonstration when he was only eleven. In 1964, he was recruited to participate in the Summer Project in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 11, 1995 with Larry Rubin (born 1942). In 1961, he helped to register voters in the South for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In late 1963 and in 1964, Mr. Rubin worked as a civil rights...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from Mississippi Summer Project staff to Mississippi Community Center workers (no date) regarding plans for the community centers to be set up as part of the Mississippi Freedom...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; List of Mississippi Freedom Schools, arranged according to Mississippi Congressional Districts. Includes the numbers of students expected at each location, the number of teachers needed,...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Prospectus for the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer, likely produced by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). Contains justification for the project and its timing, also contains...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The memo informs Freedom Centers of date changes for a scheduled Washington, D. C. hearing on Mississippi.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Four main areas of the Mississippi Freedom Project are discussed: freedom schools, community centers, voter registration, and special projects.
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Cover and first five pages of a booklet compiled by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Provides a synopsis of the events leading up to and including Freedom Summer 1964....
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report on the Mississippi Freedom Project community centers describing how community centers improve the lives of African Americans in Mississippi. The report is organized by the...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Six handwritten note cards outlining the Community Center at Clarksdale; Community centers were organized by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) as part of Mississippi Freedom...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The memo, from Lois Chaffee, of the Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.); presents diverse ideas on what should be the function of the community centers, and discusses money and staff...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A large group of people stand outside the Palmers Crossing Community Center during Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964. The meeting was probably a Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of local residents and volunteers standing outside the community center established in Palmers Crossing in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. The meeting was likely...
